Originally Posted by
Chadman
Chadman doesn't really care if the Steelers are a 3-4 or 4-3 team, just so long as the Steelers use a syatem to best utalise the talent on the roster.
The Defense is in 'transition' with a bunch of it's more important players getting toward the end of their careers- Harrison, Polamalu, Clark, Foote, Keisel, Hampton. The new guys either haven't stepped up, or are not up to it, or don't fit the system. Hard to pinpoint exactly where the problem sits.
Chadman is not sure that Tomlin/Colbert have done as good a job of drafting 3-4 Defenders as Cowher/Colbert/etc did. In contrast, Tomlin/Colbert have certainly been able to identify athletic players- guys probably more suited to the pass happy Offenses of todays NFL.
It could be that Tomlin needs to evaluate where HIS head is at- and decide if he is rebuilding the 3-4 as well as he could, or if he perhaps needs to look at options- like the dreaded 4-3. Chadman saw the anti-Timmons argument of now having to build a defence to suit Timmons, as opposed to getting Timmons to fit the Defence. Fair argument. But maybe that's exactly what Tomlin needs to do- build a defence to suit Timmons, Woodley, Hood, Heyward, Worilds, Carter, Spence etc. He drafted these guys. Whats dumber- drafting guys that don't fit the system & forcing them to play it anyway, or after drafting guys that don't fit the system- tossing them out & replacing them with other guys that might fit better? Fact is- guys like Timmons, Spence, Woodley, Hood, Worilds...they might actually benefit from a move away from the 3-4. Not to say they can't play the 3-4, just that they might suit a 4-3 better.
So why not at least look at the possibility?
It's not like 3-4 experts such as Hampton, Keisel & Harrison can go for much longer. What better time than now to visit the possibility?
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